Your Firewise Community Needs You! Every year Residents in Firewise USA® Communities are required to submit a certain amount of “Firewise activities” to maintain their “In Good Standing” status. Each November, Firewise Community Leaders must reapply. Please submit your Firewise Activities to ensure your community remains “In Good Standing.” Firewise Activities you are probably already

Wildfire risk keeps growing, and so do home insurance costs. Many homeowners are asking how to make their homes safer, and what it will cost. Upfront costs for wildfire-resistant retrofits range from modest to significant. But new research suggests the price tag is only part of the story. The benefits beyond fire protection Headwaters Economics

Great news: Governor Newsom has signed the first-in-the-nation standards for testing and remediating hazardous wildfire smoke contamination for future fires and requires insurers to cover qualifying smoke damage, testing, remediation, and restoration. California Enacts First-in-Nation Standards for Smoke-Damaged Homes In the ashes of the January 2025 wildfires, thousands of Los Angeles-area homeowners have faced a

CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Approves First-in-the-Nation Zone 0 Regulations. Thank you to the CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. They have worked tirelessly to complete these regulations. No, we didn’t all get everything we wanted but we all got something that will keep us all safer from wildfire. This has to

Wildfires aren’t just a California problem.  They’re burning on four continents at once, and the numbers this week are staggering. Here’s where things stand as of July 30, 2026. The US: 92 large fires and counting. Firefighters are currently working to suppress and contain 92 large fires across the country, with 9 new large incidents